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Airs at: Mon, 02/17/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Airs at: Mon, 02/17/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am

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Barbara Bernstein

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Every Monday from 10:00am to 11:00am.

A weekly conversation about our place on the planet. Locus Focus host Barbara Bernstein talks with local, regional and national experts, activists and policy makers about climate change, food policy, land use, salmon restoration, forest management and all the other things that matter in our environment.

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Activism, Agriculture, Science/Technology, Food, Global Affairs, Government/Politics, Environment/Climate

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Locus Focus on 06/17/13

Airs at: Mon, 06/17/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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FRANKENFISH ON YOUR PLATE - The Imminent Approval of Genetically Engineered Salmon The biotechnology industry says it has genetically engineered a fish that grows at twice the normal rate, so it can get to market sooner and make more money, faster. If approved, GE salmon wo... Read more

Locus Focus on 06/10/13

Airs at: Mon, 06/10/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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COWS SAVE THE PLANET: Restoring Soil to Heal the Earth Could it be that the answers to some of our most challenging global problems involve neither advanced technologies nor the lion’s share of our national treasuries, but the humble layer of soil beneath our feet? The probl... Read more

Locus Focus on 06/03/13

Airs at: Mon, 06/03/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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GMO WHEAT GOES ROGUE IN OREGON - Another Interview with Food Activist Clinton LindsayThis month several GMO wheat plants were discovered in a wheat field in Eastern Oregon. Farming GMO wheat has never been approved in the United States, but this rogue wheat that a farmer fo... Read more

Locus Focus on 05/27/13

Airs at: Mon, 05/27/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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WOLVES IN THE LAND OF SALMON - an interview with wildlife tracker David MoskowitzWolves are making a comeback all across the western U.S. For a species that had been all but eradicated, wolves have shown an amazing amount of resilience in the last decade. Even more remarkab... Read more

Locus Focus on 05/20/13

Airs at: Mon, 05/20/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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DUST BOWLS IN THE 21st CENTURY By many measurements, last summer’s drought was one for the record books. But widespread annual droughts, once a rare calamity, have become more frequent and are set to become the “new normal.” Until recently, many scientists spoke of climate... Read more

Locus Focus on 05/13/13

Airs at: Mon, 05/13/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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IS CAP AND TRADE THE ANSWER TO CLIMATE CHANGE?California’s climate law, which relies heavily on a mechanism known as cap and trade, is the most ambitious in the United States and is being touted by environmentalists around the country. But according to a recent article in T... Read more

Locus Focus on 05/06/13

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REBUILDING THE FOODSHEDWe live at a time of transition: when factory-farmed food from the other side of the world crosses paths with organics raised at a local CSA (community-supported agriculture). The question many ask is: which direction leads us to a more sustainable an... Read more

Locus Focus on 04/29/13

Airs at: Mon, 04/29/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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LONESOME LARRY Back in 1992, "Lonesome Larry” was the lone male sockeye salmon that returned to Redfish Lake, high in the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho. In the 6 years following Larry’s demise, the dearth of sockeye returns to Redfish Lake (named for the sockeye) confirmed th... Read more

Locus Focus on 04/22/13

Airs at: Mon, 04/22/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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PUKKA'S PROMISE: The Quest for Longer-Lived DogsThis week on Locus Focus we celebrate Earth Day in the company of our four-pawed best friends. When nature writer Ted Kerasote was ready for a new puppy he wanted to find out how it was possible to give his new dog the longest... Read more

Locus Focus on 04/15/13

Airs at: Mon, 04/15/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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THE ENERGY OF SLAVES - An Interview with Andrew Nikiforuk In ancient civilizations the energy of human slaves planted crops, clothed emperors and built cities. Slavery was the cornerstone of more recent societies as well, like the pre-civil war American South. Yet when the ... Read more

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